Fairway Window
Why this drill
A driver session without a fairway is just noise-making. Two flags become your fairway, ten drives get scored, and the number that comes out — drives in play out of ten — is the most honest statistic a mid-handicap golfer can own.
Setup
Driver and ten balls. Choose two range flags or markers that frame a gap about 35 yards wide — a real fairway, not a generous one.
The drill
Ten drives at the window, full pre-shot routine on every ball, walking off behind the ball between swings the way you would on a tee. Score each ball in or out of the window, no lawyer's calls on the edges. Log the number. Six of ten is solid mid-handicap driving; eight of ten and the driver is not your problem. Next session, try to beat the number — the score, not the longest ball, is the point.
One thought to take with you
Pick the edge of the window that forgives your miss, and aim there — not down the middle.